EVANSVILLE — Federal prosecutors have filed child pornography possession charges against a man who until recently was a top leader with the Boy Scouts in southwestern Indiana.

Prosecutors announced the charges Tuesday against 33-year-old Ryan Bieler of Jasper. Bieler was arrested earlier this month, and the Boy Scouts' Buffalo Trace Council in Evansville says it fired him from his job as a senior district executive once it learned about the allegations.

The Evansville Courier & Press reports U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett says the Boy Scouts council is cooperating fully with investigators. WFIE-TV reports the scouts group says Bieler has been permanently barred.